Why I Feel Zambia Has Become a Police State

By Thandiwe Ketis NgomaZambia is facing a disturbing shift that threatens the basic freedoms its people once took for granted. Evidence of an authoritarian regime is mounting, as civil liberties…

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UPND is Bankrupting Zambia Through Grand Theft

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The Controversy Surrounding Zambia’s Constitutional Amendments: An Urgent Call for Reassessment

By: Edwin Lifwekelo The Controversy Surrounding Zambia's Constitutional Amendments: An Urgent Call for Reassessment The Patriotic Front (PF) notes with profound concern the proposed constitutional amendments currently being advanced by…

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Lungu Never Endorsed Anyone – Nakacinda Refutes Successor Claims

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) faction Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has poured cold water on rumours suggesting that the late former president Edgar Lungu handpicked or endorsed anyone to take over the…

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Hakainde’s BILL 7 is a DESPERATE Unholy REINCARNATE of failed BILL 10: EFF Rejects UPND’s Autocratic Power-Grab Constitutional Amendments for a One Party Rule

Kasonde Mwenda C - EFF President Fellow Zambians, As President of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), I am compelled to address the nation on the grave threat posed by the…

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HOW THE 2025 CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL COULD ENABLE A LIFE PRESIDENCY IN ZAMBIA @

By Rev. Dr. Kelvin Mugala | Advocate for Constitutional IntegrityThere are those claiming that the proposed amendments to the Constitution cannot lead to a life presidency. However, a careful legal…

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UKA Urges President Hakainde Hichilema To Reflect On His Desire For A “Kuomboka Showdown”

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language. It was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

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Unite Us Further As Our Traditional Leaders

All of the Best Looks From New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2021. From Markarian to…

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The Controversy Surrounding Zambia’s Constitutional Amendments: An Urgent Call for Reassessment

By: Edwin Lifwekelo The Controversy Surrounding Zambia's Constitutional Amendments: An Urgent Call…

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A Tale of Two Sons: Photographs Ignite National Debate on Leadership, Family, and Character

By The Independent Political CorrespondentA pair of photographs, circulating with viral intensity…

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Zambian Emeralds Sell High Abroad

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Harry Kalaba’s CF Stamps Authority Over Loadshedding, Positions Itself as Zambia’s Government-in-Waiting

Harry Kalaba’s CF Stamps Authority Over Loadshedding, Positions Itself as Zambia’s Government-in-Waiting The Independent Correspondent LUSAKA – In a powerful and defining address, Citizens First (CF) Secretary General Vincent Chintu…

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KALABA CALLS FOR URGENT POLICE REFORMS

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies

$95 Billion US Military Aid Package Passed For Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan As World Starves

And then there is the most dangerous risk of all, the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom…

Was it a Case of money laundering gone wrong- the Last View on the Purported Auction of 3,000 Pedigree Bull

Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba Wrote; First they issued a statement with impressive figures that President Hakainde Hichilema would conduct an auction of 3,000 pedigree bulls. This statement was widely circulated on…

FAZ President Kamanga, Two others Arrested

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Harry Kalaba’s CF Receives Thunderous Nod in Chawama

Harry Kalaba’s CF Receives Thunderous Nod in ChawamaThe Independent Political Correspondent Tuesday 13th January, 2026The Citizens First (CF) has received a…

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Harry Kalaba’s CF Stamps Authority Over Loadshedding, Positions Itself as Zambia’s Government-in-Waiting

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From Patriotic Front to Unpatriotic Front: A Party That Lost Its Soul

From Patriotic Front to Unpatriotic Front: A Party That Lost Its SoulThe Independent CorrespondentThe recent revelations and on-going manoeuvres within…

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Malice, Treachery and the PF: A Party Consumed with Distructive Intent

Malice, Treachery and the PF: A Party Consumed by Its Own ContradictionsThe Independent CorrespondentThe Patriotic Front (PF), once Zambia's ruling…

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An Appeal for Unity: Your Gloves Wont Divide Us

An Appeal for Unity: Your Gloves Wont Divide UsBy the Independent CorrespondentThe continued use of divisive language by President Hakainde…

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The Changing Faces of a President: When Smiles Mask the Truth

The Changing Faces of a President: When Smiles Mask the TruthAs Zambia moves toward the 2026 general elections, a critical…

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A Clarion Call to the Church: This is Not a Catholic Problem, It is an Attack on the Body of Christ

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The Grave Injustice Against Archbishop Alick Banda and the Toxic Legacy of the PF

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